MEGAN HILDEBRANDT
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MEGAN HILDEBRANDT
 
EDUCATION
MFA University of South Florida, School of Art & Art History 2012
BFA University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design 2006

SOLO EXHIBITION AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023  Repeated Visions, Good Luck Have Fun Gallery, Austin TX
2023  Megan Hildebrandt, ICOSA Gallery, Austin TX

2022  The Load We Carry, Nomad Art Projects at Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach FL
2019  Growth Spurts, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing MI
2018  Mine Time Is Yours, Old Art Building, Leland MI
2018  Recent Works: Megan Hildebrandt, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen MI
2017  Megan Hildebrandt, Present Place, Chicago IL
2016  Megan Hildebrandt, The Casey Cowell Family Cancer Center, Traverse City MI
          Repeat That Again, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck MI
          One New Day, Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art, Lansing MI
2015  Megan Hildebrandt, LIVESTRONG FOUNDATION, Austin TX
          Daily Disappearance, back house Gallery, Ann Arbor MI
2014  Do Your Steps, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD
2013  Counting Radiation, Vincent Stabile Research Center, Tampa FL
2012  Counting Radiation: Time as Landscape, Wardenclyffe Gallery, Austin TX
          Counting Radiation, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa FL
2011   Tunnel Visions, The Front Gallery, New Orleans LA
2009 The Rumors Are True, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD (with Christine Sajecki) 
           How We Dwell, 2625 St. Paul Street, Baltimore MD
          
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Speak Up, National Alliance on Mental Illness Annual Conference, Austin TX

2022 Bake Sale, Great Outdoors Gallery, Austin TX
          
All In The Family, lockh.art house, Lockhart TX
          People, Gallerium Art Projects (virtual)
2021  Rising Tide, Kallinen Art Gallery, Houston TX
          Welcome, B-space art house, New Braunfels TX
          Heatwave, dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn NY

          Collective Health, Collar Works, Troy NY
          Yesterday, Today, Everyday; Art Mums United (virtual)
​          Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville NC
          Family Matters, Root Division, San Francisco CA 
2020 In My Head, In My Body, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
           Painting At Night, Artist Mother Podcast Exhibition
           
           Shown from Afar: Art during the Pandemic, Womenswork.Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
           Austin Justice Coalition Benefit Auction, Dorf Gallery, Austin TX

2019  Extended Self: Transformations and Connections, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL          
​          Ritualisms, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
​          Texas Toast, Co-Lab Projects, Austin TX
          Child's Play, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
2018  Labors: An Exhibition Exploring the Complexities of Motherhood, Ohio State University Pearl 
          Conrad Gallery, Mansfield OH

          Suspend, Adams State University, Alamosa CO
​          RideShare Gallery, Southbend IN
          Unibrow Collective Zine Fest, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento C
          A Line With Intent, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
          Moving Through the Unimaginable, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck MI
2017  Quickening, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago IL
          Cornered, WonderRoot, Atlanta GA
          What's Important, Gordon Breuner Gallery, Interlochen MI
          Living Mark, Verum Ultimum, Portland OR
          #exstrange, Project Anywhere
          95th Annual All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
          Pattern Recognition, Woskob Family Gallery, State College PA
          DISCO BALL, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore MD
          Hygge, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City MI 
          Parsing, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD
2016  Pinellas County Film Commission & Creative Pinellas Festival Exhibition, 
          Gulf Coast Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, FL
          Simplicity, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande OR
          Interrupted, The Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
          PAPERWORK, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore MD
          How Long Is This Going To Take? Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI
          Alchemic Ground, Sleeth Gallery, Buckhannon WV
          MoleSkin Mailer Collaboration, Tempus Projects, Tampa FL
          Resident Reunion Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD
2015  The Writing on the Wall, The Painting Center, New York NY
          Prepare Now, The Front Gallery, New Orleans LA
          Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI
          Time|Place, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing MI         
          Capelli d’Angeli Exhibition, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
          Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor MI
          Inquiry, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin TX
          FICSplice, The Mom Gallery, Austin TX
2014  New American Paintings- West, Issue #114
          Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound, WAH Center, Brooklyn NY         
          X Marks The Spot, Art Science Gallery, Austin TX
          Practical Feminism, Radiator Gallery, Queens NY
          Unintended Consequences, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor MI
          Spatial Disruption, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg FL                    
          McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles LA
          Colbert Bump, Sleeth Gallery, Buckhannon WV
2013  SKETCHBOOK, School 33, Baltimore MD
          EyeSplice: Traces, HEREarts, New York NY
          The 2013 People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin TX
          Transition, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor MI
          Kiss Me Deadly, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD
2012  What Can't Be Cured Must Be Endured, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark NJ
          Folly Into Frenzy, Openings Collective, New York NY
          HARVST Project, Pyper Paul + Kenney, Tampa FL
          17 Tips Project, Sleeth Gallery, Buckhannon WV
          Quantified Self, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
          Now On Paper, The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, New York NY
          Unstable Natures, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta Canada          
          Sand in the Vacuum, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL          
          Poacolypse: Apocalypse, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit MI
          Size Matters, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor MI      
          Wonderland, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD
          A Walk In My Shoes, Columbia Art Center, Columbia MD
          36th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL
2011  Get Real, Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL
          Unreliable Narrators, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD
          Mine Yours, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
          Close Encounters, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams MA
          Inner and Outer Landscape, University of North Carolina, Pembroke NC
          10 Cameras Project, Art Space, Scottsdale AZ
          Resident Show, Estrella Gallery, Truth or Consequences NM
          Scumble and Flow, Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL
2010 Miami Independent Thinkers 2010 Art Basel Fair, Miami FL
          Standing Heat, The Front Gallery, New Orleans LA
          Live Forever, Concertina Gallery, Chicago IL
          The Rumors Are True, Creative Alliance, Baltimore M         
          Sign Language, Whole Gallery, Baltimore MD
          Rancho Regattas 2010, Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez, Cortez FL
          The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy, W. LA College Gallery, Culver City CA
          Shut Your Mouth When You're Talking To Me, Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL
          Get Real, Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL
2009 Beyond the Border, International Contemporary Art Fair, San Diego CA
          Without Borders: Conjunction, University of Maine, Orono ME
          PARADOX NOW! Arlington Arts Center, Arlington VA        
          MFAO Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Tampa FL
          Local Color, Holtzman Gallery at Towson University, Towson MD
          Stars and Stripes: Pride and Hope, Smith Center, Washington DC
          To The Teeth, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore MD
2008 The World’s Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York NY
          New American Paintings, Issue # 75, Mid-Atlantic Region        
          Shall We Begin? IAO Projects, Salt Lake City UT
          The Seven Deadly Sins, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
          Elbow Grease, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor MI
          Fantasies and Realities, Towson Arts Collective, Baltimore MD
          Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore MD
          Transmodern Festival, Baltimore MD
          Stuttering, Carroll Mansion, Baltimore MD
          My ____ Other, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore MD
          Touching Warms the Art, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
          Between Heaven and Earth, The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ
2007 WayTaking, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore MD
          National/International, Towson Arts Collective, Towson MD
          Passions, Washington School of Photography, Bethesda MD
          It’s Photography II, Art League of Northern California, Novato CA
2006 Ann Allen, Mark(s) The Feminist Art Project Quarterly Online Journal
          Inside/Outside, Metropolitan Center For The Visual Arts, Gaithersburg MI
          Thinking and Believing, Michigan Public Television, Flint MI          
          Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham? Duderstadt Center, Ann Arbor MI
          D’un Modele Standard, All About Furniture, Ann Arbor MI

GRANTS
2020 Fine Arts Curriculum Development Grant, University of Texas at Austin

2020 ACT: Art and Art History First-Year Core Diversity and Curriculum Decolonization Seed Grant, UT Austin
2018 National Endowment for the Art ARTWORKS Grant Recipient
2015 Capelli d'Angeli Foundation Artist Grant Award 
2011 Grant Recipient, The Gobioff Foundation


RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2021  
University of Texas Tower Award for Outstanding Community-Based Learning Course, Austin TX
2020 Department of Art and Art History Distinguished Teaching Award
2020 Fellowship Award, The Op-Ed Project Public Voices Program, Austin TX
2018  Ann Hall Artist-in-Residence, Leland MI
2014  McNeese University Works on Paper Purchase Award
2012  Fellowship Award, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst VA
          Residency Award, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe NM
2011   Residency Award, Starry Night, Truth or Consequences NM
2009 Finalist, Marshall Scholarship Award
          Residency Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
          Residency Award, Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend WA
2007 Resident Artist Award, Creative Alliance at the Patterson Theater, Baltimore MD
          Bob and Maggie Allesee Fellowship Recipient Award, Artrain USA, Ann Arbor MI


PUBLICATIONS
2022  Hildebrandt, Megan; Richardson, Robin; Scanlon, Joy. "Health and Arts Activism in the Classroom and Clinic." American Medical
           Association Journal of Ethics- Arts Based Research Special Issue, July 2022.

2021  Hildebrandt, Megan. “Creativity and Resilience in Art Students During COVID-19.” Art Education, The Journal of the National Art
          Education Association. January 2021.

2020 Hildebrandt, Megan. "Households in Quarantine, Installments I-III." July 4, 11, 18, 2020; Glasstire.
​2014  Hildebrandt, Megan and Megan Voeller. "Thinking with Art, or What Happens When a Critic Sees You Lose Your Hair."  
          Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 3, no. 2. 

2012 Hildebrandt, Megan. Tunnel Visions. Self-Published Artist Book.

COLLECTIONS
​
The Pandemic Project, Museum of the Southwest, Midland Texas
Austin History Center, Austin TX
Sheridan Chambers, The Denim Group. San Antonio TX

McNeese University, Lake Charles LA
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa FL
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak MI
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD
New College, Sarasota FL
​The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Sante Fe NM

AFFILIATIONS AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020-21: Guest Curator, DORF, Austin TX (delayed due to COVID-19)
2016-2019: Guest Curator, Casey Cowell Family Cancer Center, Traverse City MI
2012-2018: Founder, EyeSplice Collective  

LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS
2023 Mother/Artists: A Round table of Experiments, Advocacy, and Action; Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference,
          Austin TX 

2023 Motherhood, Making and Mental Health (Moderator), The Contemporary Austin, Austin TX
2022 Convening Cancer and Artistic Communities for Storytelling: Results in Shared Vulnerability and Enhanced Empathy, World
          Cancer Congress, Geneva, Switzerland

2022 Examining the Aesthetics of Health Framework, Health Humanities Consortium: Space of/for Health Humanities, Virtual
​          Conference. 
2022 Cancer Storytelling and Enhancing Empathy in Artists, SXSW EDU, Austin TX
​2022 Cancer Storytelling and Enhancing Empathy in Artists, 10th International Health Humanities Consortium, Penn State University    
          College of Medicine, Hershey PA
2021  
Aesthetics of Health: Arts Pedagogy Meets Cancer Community Engagement, Putting Care at the Center Conference, 
          National Center for Complex 
Health and Social Needs, Camden NJ
2021  Presenter, Dell Medical School Innovation in Education Symposium, Austin TX
2021  Healing/Arts Workshop with Megan Hildebrandt and Robin Richardson, Virtual Healing Arts Symposium
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture, Curry College- Boston MA
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska- Omaha NE
2020 Visiting Scholar Lecture, Johns Hopkins University- Baltimore MD
​2019  Visiting Artist Lecture, Gettysburg College- Gettysburg PA
2018  The Need to Develop Socially Engaged Artists: Reimagining Your Curricular Goals and Role in the Community, Arts Schools 
           Network Conference, Los Angeles CA

2017  The Power of Outreach: Shaping the Next Generation of Empathic, Innovative Artists and Thinkers, Arts Schools Network 
          Conference, Minneapolis MN
     
          Aesthetics of Health, University of Texas McCombs School of Business Healthcare Symposium, 
Austin TX​
2016  Teaching Art in a Medical Setting, Michigan Art Educators Association, Traverse City MI
          
Megan Hildebrandt, The Cowell Family Cancer Center, Traverse City MI
2015  The Possibilities of a Patchwork Existence: Artist and Educator Interactive Webinar, National Art Education Association
          
 Visiting Artist Lecture, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI

​          Being Present: Illness Narrative, The Art of Witnessing, and a Return to Bedside Manner,
          University of Texas McCombs School of Business Healthcare Symposium, Austin TX
          Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska- Omaha NE
          Visiting Artist Lecture, Southern Arkansas University- Magnolia AR
2013  Witnessing Cancer: Communicating Illness through Visual Art and Narrative  
          Symposium, Moffitt Cancer Center- Tampa FL
2012  Resident Artist Talk, Santa Fe Art Institute- Santa Fe NM
          Visiting Fellow Talk, VCCA- Amherst VA
          Visiting Artist Lecture, Moffitt Cancer Center- Tampa FL
          Artist Lecture, Carrollwood Cultural Center- Tampa FL
          Visiting Artist Talk, National League of American Pen Women- Tampa FL
2011  Thinking with Hannah Wilke's IntraVenus Tapes, USF CAM- Tampa FL
          Megan Hildebrandt, USF School of Medicine- Tampa FL
          Visiting Artist Talk: Tunnel Visions, The Front Gallery- New Orleans LA
          Visiting Artist Talk: Tunnel Visions, Creative Alliance- Baltimore MD
2010  V5 Pecha Kucha, The Trolley Barn, Tampa FL
2009  Resident Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
           Visiting Artist Talk: Boom Bust Bang! Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend WA
           Resident Artist Talk: The Rumors Are True, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dixie Stanforth and Katie Dawson, The Aesthetics of Health with Megan Hildebrandt, The Other Side of Campus Podcast, July 3, 2022.
Aaron Henkin, "A Stone Cold Mystery", The Maryland Curiosity Podcast, WYPR Baltimore, Dec 6, 2021. 
Mark Gilbert, University of Nebraska at Omaha Podcast "Artist-to-Artist: Intersections of Art and Health," December 2020.
Michelle Hagewood, Centrum Foundation Podcast, "Megan Hildebrandt" August 2020. 
Audrey  McGlinchy, KUT Austin Public Radio, “As COVID-19 Continues To Spread, The Austin History Center Wants Your Diary” APRIL 22, 2020.
Amy Hughes Braden and Leslie Holt, Project For Empty Space, Maternal Journal #2, November, 2019.
Sarah Irvin, Artist Parent Index: "Megan Hildebrandt's Animations are Wonderful Reflections on Everyday Moments, Repetition and Routine." August 13, 2019.
Cindy Ingram, Art Class Curator Podcast, Episode #3: The Aesthetics of Health with Megan Hildebrandt, May 28, 2018.
Ellen Mueller, Remixing and Drawing: Sources, Influences, and Styles, Routledge, Taylor; Francis Group. 2018. 
Ross Boissoneau The Great Outreach Experiment, Northern Express Weekly, April 9, 2018.
Project Anywhere #exstrange Catalogue, Marialaura Ghidini and Rebekah Modrak curators, 2017.
Annie-Marie Oomen, Megan Hildebrandt on Women of an Uncertain Age: Healthcare. UpNorthLive Television, January 2017.
Q & A with Megan Hildebrandt on Pregnancy and Parenting After Cancer, The Lymphoma Letters, May 13, 2016. 
60 wrd/min art critic: Megan Hildebrandt, Detroit MetroTimes, December 2, 2015.
Drawing Currents, Spring 2015.
New American Paintings- West, Issue #114
Sally Deskins, "Megan Hildebrandt, Artist," Les Femmes Folles, May 19, 2014.
​Quincy Walters, "Megan Hildebrandt: Counting Radiation," World Observations, May 28, 2013.
Dr. Lodovico Balducci, "A Patient's Cancer Lesson," Tampa Bay Times, April 13, 2013.
Mark Schreiner, "Symposium Addresses Relationship of Illness and Art," WUSF News, March 28, 2013. 
Brandi Hollis, "Emotional Tally," University of South Florida News, October 17, 2012.
Anonda Bell, “Musings on the Heavine
ss and Vexation of Spirit” in What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured Exhibition Catalogue, Paul Robeson Galleries, September 2012.
Frank Sabatte, "Frenzy into Folly Artist Interview: Megan Hildebrandt," Openings Collective Channel, August 20, 2012.
Sandy Frye, "Culture Vultures: Megan Hildebrandt," Tampa Bay Community Network, May 2, 2012.
Jennifer Andrews, "USF MFA Student Exhibition 2012: Megan Hildebrandt," USF Contemporary Art Museum Blog, April 30, 2012.
Margarita Abramova, "USF Graduate Paints Her Battle With Hodgkin's Lymphoma," The Digital Bullpen, November 28, 2011.
Cara Ober, "Q & A with Megan Hildebrandt," Urbanite Baltimore Ezine, November 8, 2011.
Matthew Zachary, "The Stupid Cancer Show," I'm Too Young For This Foundation and Livestrong Foundation, September 26, 2011.
“Megan Hildebrandt Talks Art, Humor, and Cancer at 25” Splinter Generation, February, 2011.
Michael O’Sullivan, “Blurring the Line Between Art and Truth” Washington Post, August 2, 2009.
Emily Campbell and Jessica Novak, “Dig Into A Friend’s Closet” The Baltimore Examiner, February 5, 2009.
Edward Gunts, “Creative Alliance Art Show Depicts East Baltimore” The Baltimore Sun, January 22, 2009.
Jessica Novak, “The Rumors Are True” The Baltimore Examiner, January 19, 2009.
Edward Gunts, “Baltimore Art Museums, Galleries Launch New Initiatives” The Baltimore Sun, January 15, 2009.
Katherine Gorman and Sheila Kast, “Do Your Steps!”, Maryland Morning on NPR Affiliate Station WYPR, November 25, 2008.
Lionel Foster, “Scrubs” Urbanite Baltimore Magazine, Issue #51, September, 2008.
Chris Rebbert, “Encounter: Megan Hildebrandt”  Urbanitebalto Channel, August 28, 2008.
New American Paintings, Issue #75, Mid-Atlantic Region, April/May 2008.


APPOINTMENTS

2021-Present
Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas
Austin TX

2020-Present
Director, First Year CORE Program 
Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas
Austin TX

2019-2020
Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas
Austin TX

2015-2019
Faculty of Painting, Digital Media and Community Engagement
Visual Arts Department, Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen MI

2013-2015
Lecturer, 2D Design and Drawing
Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas
Austin TX

2009-2012
Instructor, Drawing, Painting and Digital Media
School of Art and Art History, University of South Florida
Tampa FL




  • Drawings
  • Animation
  • Teaching Diagrams
  • The Living Room Rug
  • Households In Quarantine
  • Paintings
  • CV
  • Contact